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- There are still Goins's in Lincoln County, Arkansas. My parents were William Alexander Goins (1871-1950) and Martha Suzanna Keahey. William's parents were Jesse Lee Goins (1808-1890) and Mary Elizabeth Boyd (Ancestry message board, Lincoln County, AR, USA, http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.lincoln/527/mb.ashx)
HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY, AR, USAKANSAS 1871-1983
Published 1983 by the Lincoln County Historical Committee
Page 124
WILLIAM ALEXANDER GOINS
William Alexander Goins born to Jessie Lee and Mary Elizabeth Boyd Goins 4 March 1871 at Mt. Home near Star City, Arkansas. He lived there with his parents until their deaths. On 28 July 1901 he married Martha Susanne Keahey, born 2 December 1879 at Garnett, Arkansas. They married in the home of her parents, James Jackson and Permelia Theodocia Keahey in Garnett by Reverend E. R. Whitehead, and lived in Mt. Home where their first five children were born:
Jessie Lee, 30 July, 1902 to September 1963;
James Edward, 4 February 1904;
Elmer Eldridge, 4 November 1905;
Ella Mae, 4 November 1907;
Homer Travis, 30 December 1909 to 10 April 1936.
About 1911 they sold the home and farm to Jimbo Sceifres (sic) Scifres and moved north of Star City where they bought a home on five acres adjoining the City property, one-half mile from the Court House. Four more children were born:
Dorothy R. V., 11 September 1912 to 1February 1947;
Willie Woodrow, 19 September 1916;
J. K. (Jake), 16 March 1918;
Mary Elizabeth, 17 September 1921.
Our parents were great providers for their nine children. A one acre garden and an orchard provided good nourishing food, plus animals and poultry for meat and dairy products. Dad farmed the land and was a finished (finishing) carpenter by trade. Mother kept a clean house and was a good cook. Although we had few clothes, they were always clean and well kept with help from the older children. Our father helped rebuild Star City after the fire that destroyed two blocks of buildings surrounding the Court House on the west and south sides. The building he and the family were most proud of was the finished carpentry he did in the Methodist Church. It was the first brick church in town. The children were educated in local schools. The five oldest had the same first grade teacher, Mrs. Eaton. There were always enough children at home to have a ball team and play games. We were not allowed to quarrel and fight. Our parents had a cure -- placing us seated face to face until we finally laughed or seated on the floor holding onto the bed post. All received their share of Black Gum switches. So many happy times like popping corn and roasting ham slices in the fireplace far outweighed any unhappy ones.
Our parents lived long enough to see all their children grow up, marry and have families of their own. When fire destroyed their home and everything they owned except the clothes they were wearing, our brother, Elmer Eldridge, built them another home on their property where they lived until their deaths: Father, 23 May 1950, Mother, 20 July 1965. They are buried with their children, except Jessie Lee, in Shady Grove Cemetery near Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
James and family still live in Star City. The rest are scattered in Arkansas, Calfornia and Nevada. But we all still love and call Star City - HOME!
Ella Mae Goins Eberle
Carolyn's Note: I don't know just who "Jimbo" Scifres was, but a brother of my husband's father married a Scifres from Lincoln County. Perhaps Jimbo was Thomas Newton Scifres, her father
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1839 - 1894 (54 years)
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